Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 858 - MENTAL HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY, OREGON BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY
Division 10 - PROCEDURAL RULES
Section 858-010-0013 - Internship
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 858-010-0013
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Applicants must successfully complete an organized internship as part of the degree program required in OAR 858-010-0010.
(2) The internship must include at least 1,500 hours of supervised experience and be completed within twenty-four months.
(3) The internship program must meet the following requirements:
(a) The internship must have a written
statement or brochure describing the goals and content of the internship,
stating clear expectations and quality of student work, and made available to
prospective interns.
(b) A
psychologist licensed by the appropriate state or provincial licensing
authority must be clearly designated as responsible for the integrity and
quality of the internship program.
(c) Interns must use titles indicating their
training status.
(d) The internship
must be designed to provide a planned sequence of training experiences focusing
on breadth and quality of training. Supervision and training related to ethics
must be ongoing.
(e) At least
twenty-five percent of the internship experience must be in direct client
contact providing assessment and intervention services.
(f) For every 40 hours of internship
experience, the student must receive:
(A) At
least 2 hours of regularly scheduled, formal, one-on-one individual supervision
that addresses the direct psychological services provided by the intern;
and
(B) At least 2 hours of other
learning activities such as case conferences, seminars on applied issues,
conducting co-therapy with a staff person including discussion of the case, and
group supervision.
(4) Supervision of the internship experience.
(a) The internship setting must have two or
more psychologists available as supervisors, at least one of whom is licensed
as a psychologist.
(b) The
internship experience must be supervised by the person(s) responsible for the
assigned casework.
(c) At least
seventy-five percent of the supervision must be by a licensed psychologist with
two years post-license experience.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 675.010 - 675.150
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 675.030 & 675.110
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